Going Out Gurus Archive: Restaurants

To celebrate her 70th birthday on Feb. 4, Ruth Sedei and her husband booked a table at 2941 in Falls Church, which was promoting a $24 fixed-price lunch on its Web site. The day before her reservation, she noticed the deal was no longer available and called to inquire about the change.

It's bracket time. A handful of local beer enthusiasts have been hand-picked from a field of over 300 applicants to help our panel of experts blind taste an expanded bracket of 64 American craft brews.

One of the area's most popular pizza purveyors replaced one of the region's best-known pie makers earlier today. When Pizzeria Orso opens for dinner this evening, Edan MacQuaid won't be stoking the fires of its wood-burning oven. In his place will be Chris Nye, a 30-year-old sous chef from Orso's glamorous sibling, 2941 Restaurant.